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Online Information Literacywith Percy the Penguin
Education OfficersSara BirdGillian Johnston
Web Development OfficerStephen Harding
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Overview
The website Background Why develop digital IL resources? What we wanted The process Evaluation What next? Lessons learnt
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The website
http://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk Libraries Finding resources Evaluating resources Plagiarism Referencing Having a go! Activities
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Example: Libraries
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Background
We began offering Sixth Form IL sessions in 2007
Numbers attending these sessions have increased dramatically - from 230 students in 2007-2008 to over 1400 in 2014/2015
The vast majority of students who attend these sessions are EPQ, History and English students
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Background
Our physical space is limited
The times of year we can offer these IL sessions to sixth formers is limited
We manage visits using a traffic light system to ensure the needs of all students and visitors are met
We are at capacity
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Why develop IL resources?
At capacity – go off-site or online Reach wider audience Requests from schools: EPQ, History, English, etc. Growth of EPQ Use some of the resources in our taught sessions Some overlap with first year undergraduate teaching Lack of online student led activities aimed specifically at
sixth form students
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What we wanted
Focus upon transferable skills and importance of being information literate
Light touch resources – retro comic feel
Web pages aimed at teachers but activities for students to do
Information Literacy journey and stand alone activities
Variety of activities: kinaesthetic, visual, etc.
Produce resources in collaboration with academic librarians, school librarians, teachers, students and web designers.
Video –Why schools were happy to be involved
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• Established there was demand for online IL resources for sixth formers• Spoke to teachers and school librarians (main initial audience)• Used evaluations from our teaching and outreach work
•Spoke to two local schools about their wants/needs (1 private and 1 state school; 1 teacher, 1 school librarian, 1 head of sixth form)•Set up University Library working group (incl. academic librarians, education officers, web designers) to develop resources
• Conducted market research with potential users (teachers and A- level students from local schools) to ensure we got the ‘look’ of the website right
•Google Analytics•Feedback from users- students, teachers, school librarians, users in academic libraries
• Went live April 2015•Used some in our teaching sessions in summer term
Research
Resources
Mock up
Website
Evaluation
The process
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Collaborative process Education Outreach Web Development Schools involved Cartoonist/illustrator
Advice and discussions around Best practices for online delivery Accessibility considerations Compatibility and user experience Gathering analytics
Website design and development
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Design of the website
Mock up 1 Mock up 2
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Design of the website
Video: What A-level students thought about the design of the website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCHfWSfZ03s
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Interactive Elements
High Score Wins
Plagiarism Quiz
Videos
Drag and Drop
Teaching tools
Diamond Rank
Games
Jigsaws
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Plagiarism Quiz – Time to play…
http://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk/plagiarism/quiz-plagarism/
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High Score Wins – Time to play…
http://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk/evaluating-sources/high-score-wins/
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Evaluation
Visitor Statistics – still too early to draw conclusions Feedback from schools:
‘Your website on study skills is fantastic and I would love to use your material on plagiarism and referencing in our school planner’ – School Librarian
Feedback from HE librarians: ‘I loved that game! Its great …It looks like something I
could use …’- Academic Support Librarian
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What next?
Plans to work in collaboration with Head of Writing Development at Newcastle University Centre in collaboration and local schools
Develop website further to include resources on effective note taking and academic writing
Video - What the students want and teachers need
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Lessons learnt
Your project must be relevant in order to get buy-in from teachers – skills necessary for EPQ meant schools were keen to collaborate with us.
The look of your website is important - make sure you do your market research; it’s worth paying for professional cartoons
Collaboration is key - ask for help from those who have different expertise- teachers, school librarians, academic librarians, web designers, students
People are happy to help and offer constructive criticism Do not be precious – embrace the fact that online resources are going to be
used and adapted by others – but think about what sort of licence to give your material!
Have a go!
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Questions? Contact details
http://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk
